UPDATE: Oh man! How could we have missed this one? There's also going to be a Falun Gong march! We're sick and tired of trying to figure out whether we want to make fun of the pro-FG crowd or the anti-FG crowd -- oh, they're oppressed; but wait, their leader said nasty things about gays; and then there's that weird Epoch Times newspaper that they're involved with -- so we leave the thankless task of making Gong Show jokes to you, our tasteful commenters. more ›

If you're still recovering from the comment war over the Western-calendar New Year dance party with the Falun Gong, we've got a nice non-sectarian Chinese New Year musical performance with the SF Symphony to soothe your spirits! more ›

-State Senate votes for an early primary and to extend term limits. -College students everywhere to put down the bong and stage a national day of protest over the Iraq War. Then they'll go back to using the bong. more ›

-Falun Gong not allowed in this year's Chinese New Year parade. -Almost half of the hospitals in California won't be earthquake compliant by 2012. -A car crash on Highway 101 near Santa Rosa kills four and injures two others. more ›

Those of you who've been vociferously participating in our ongoing debates about Falun Gong, Mormonism, and Scientology will be pleased to hear that we spent tonight steeped in Mozart's Catholic Mass in C minor at Symphony Hall. Begin the transsubstantiation debates in the comments.... now! more ›

We don't know about you, but it's friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that's just us. Either way, we're freezing. more ›

Just to let you guys know, our server's slowed down again -- so it may take some time for your comments to go live. Don't worry -- and no need to hit "post" twice, they will eventually show up. more ›

But a computer-animated backdrop showing a angel flying down to Earth to rescue a dancer portraying a Falun Gong meditator being beaten senseless by Communist goons, together with a song proclaiming, "The Falun Gong is good!"? more ›

You've got to wonder what it's like to be an old-school religious type in San Francisco, especially when the old-school religion in question condemns practicing homosexuals. (No, we're not talking about Falun Gong.) San Franciscans are a tough crowd to whom to preach chastity, abstinence, and temperance. more ›

Hey, did you see the Falun Gong protestors at the Chinese New Year parade? They were barred from marching in the parade -- organizers say it's because F.G. is too political -- but they showed up anyway. Those zany kids, always getting into mischief! Just like their leader, Li Hongzi, who caused a stir awhile back when he said, "the biggest cause of society's change today is that people no longer believe in orthodox religion. ... The second reason is that since the beginning of this century, aliens have begun to invade the human mind and its ideology and culture." And then there was that time he said, "The disgusting homosexuality shows the dirty abnormal psychology of the gay who has lost his ability of reasoning" ... which didn't exactly go over well here. So let's see, Falun Gong's boss worries about aliens, hates the gays -- oh yeah, he's also opposed to interracial breeding -- hey, not bad for a group that the Chron blowjobbed as "known for its slow-moving exercises, colorful parades and history of being persecuted." Persecuted? Oh no! We can't imagine what that's like. more ›